datefield - Create and manipulate a date field widget
datefield pathName ?options?
itk::Widget <- LabeledWidget <- datefield
background borderWidth cursor exportSelection
options.
inherited options.
e, or w. The default is e.
key press event.
taken by the datefield during the processing of keypress events.
iq,the date prevents the user from typing in an invalid date.
changes the month to 04, then the day will be instantly modified
for them to be 30. In addition, leap years are fully taken into
account. With average iq, the month is limited to the values of
01-12, but it is possible to type in an invalid day. A setting
of low iq instructs the widget to do no validity checking at all
during date entry. With both average and low iq levels, it is
assumed that the validity will be determined at a later time
using the date's isvalid command.
abled. If the datefield is disabled then input is not accepted.
may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetFont. _________________________________________________________________
the purpose of date entry with various degrees of built-in intel- ligence.
pathName. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the following general form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?
pathName cget option
option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the date-
field command.
pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
option is specified, returns a list describing all of the avail-
able options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information
on the format of this list). If option is specified with no
value, then the command returns a list describing the one named
option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist
of the value returned if no option is specified). If one or more
option-value pairs are specified, then the command modifies the
given widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case
the command returns an empty string. Option may have any of the
values accepted by the datefield command.
pathName get ?format?
string or as an integer clock value using the -string and -clicks
format options respectively. The default is by string. Refer-
ence the clock command for more information on obtaining dates
and their formats.
pathName isvalid
displayed date value. For example, 03/03/1960 is valid whereas
02/29/1997 is invalid.
pathName show date
ment. The date may be specified either as a string, an integer clock value or the keyword «now". Reference the clock command for more information on obtaining dates and their formats.
display. See the «entry» widget manual entry for details on the date component item.
proc returnCmd {} {
puts [.df get]
}
datefield .df -command returnCmd
pack .df -fill x -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 10
datefield, widget